Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East : : An Identification Guide / / Frédéric Jiguet, Philippe J. Dubois, Mars Muusse, Peter Adriaens.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Adriaens, Peter,; Dubois, Philippe J.,; Muusse, Mars,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1,200 photos + illus.

A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western PalearcticGulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have long been ignored in the ornithological literature. Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East offers the most up-to-date guide for gull identification in Europe and beyond. With a direct and visual approach, and an exhaustive abundance of beautiful color photographs, this book provides thorough accounts of all species and subspecies of gulls found in the Western Palearctic. The guide compares similar taxa and addresses the complexities of identifying hybrids. Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East will be the standard work for identifying these birds for some time to come.Richly illustrated with nearly 1400 color photographsThorough accounts of all species and subspecies of gulls found in the Western PalearcticUp-to-date information for easy and accurate identification of 45 species

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Gulls of the Western Palearctic -- Black-Legged Kittiwake. Rissa tridactyla -- Ivory Gull. Pagophila eburnea -- Sabine’s Gull. Xema sabini -- Slender-billed Gull. Chroicocephalus genei -- Bonaparte’s Gull. Chroicocephalus philadelphia -- Brown-headed Gull. Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus -- Black-headed Gull. Chroicocephalus ridibundus -- Grey-headed Gull. Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus -- Little Gull. Hydrocoloeus minutus -- Ross’s Gull. Rhodostethia rosea -- Laughing Gull. Leucophaeus atricilla -- Franklin’s Gull. Leucophaeus pipixcan -- Mediterranean Gull. Ichthyaetus melanocephalus -- Small Hybrid Gulls -- Relict Gull. Ichthyaetus relictus -- White-eyed Gull. Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus -- Sooty Gull. Ichthyaetus hemprichii -- Common Gull. Larus canus canus -- Russian Common Gull. Larus canus heinei -- Kamchatka Gull. Larus (canus) kamtschatschensis -- Short-billed Gull. Larus brachyrhynchus -- Ring-billed Gull. Larus delawarensis -- Audouin’s Gull. Ichthyaetus audouinii -- Pallas’s Gull. Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus -- Great Black-backed Gull. Larus marinus -- Kelp Gull (Cape Gull) Larus dominicanus vetula -- Glaucous-winged Gull. Larus glaucescens -- Glaucous Gull. Larus hyperboreus -- Iceland Gull. Larus glaucoides glaucoides -- Kumlien’s Gull. Larus glaucoides kumlieni -- Thayer’s Gull. Larus thayeri -- European Herring Gull. Larus argentatus argentatus and argenteus -- American Herring Gull. Larus smithsonianus -- Vega Gull. Larus vegae -- Caspian Gull. Larus cachinnans -- ‘Azores Gull’ Larus michahellis atlantis -- Yellow-legged Gull. Larus michahellis -- Armenian Gull. Larus armenicus -- Slaty-backed Gull. Larus schistisagus -- Lesser Black-backed Gull. Larus fuscus graellsii and L. f. intermedius -- Baltic Gull. Larus fuscus fuscus -- Heuglin’s Gull. Larus (fuscus) heuglini -- Steppe Gull. Larus (fuscus?) barabensis -- ‘Viking Gull’ Larus argentatus × hyperboreus -- Large Hybrid Gulls -- Bibliography -- Photographic Credits